Daily Brief - Thursday 21st March, 2023
Arif Ali, Guyanese-born, London-based head of the Hansib publishing company, has been awarded the Henry Swanzy Award at the Bocas Lit Fest. The festival’s programme director, Nicholas Laughlin, made the announcement during the festival’s media launch at the National Library in Port of Spain on Wednesday. Read more
21st March 2024
Daily Brief - Wednesday 20th March, 2024
The Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) Dance Unit at UWI, St Augustine campus will be hosting a comprehensive ten-day dance workshop for secondary school students. It will feature a blend of local and regional dance instruction. Read more
20th March 2024
Daily Brief - Tuesday 19th March, 2024
Several people, including workers from state-owned Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd, were seen doing clean-up operations in the Tarouba River on Monday after oil leaked into the river. Workers placed oil-absorbing booms at various points along the river to prevent the oil from spreading. Read more
19th March 2024
Daily Brief - Monday 18th March, 2024
From Monday morning, drivers can expect some reprieve from peak-hour traffic jams around the Golden Grove Road, Churchill Roosevelt highway intersection – one of the nation’s busiest. Works Minister Rohan Sinanan, on Sunday, presented the ministry’s latest measure to alleviate traffic, which involves a monitoring and management system that controls... Read more
18th March 2024
Daily Brief - Friday 15th March, 2024
An autopsy result on the remains of 18-year-old Hannah Mathura has revealed she was shot in the head. A senior police official confirmed her cause of death to Newsday on March 14. Hannah’s remains were found buried in a shallow grave at her Butu Road, South Valsayn home on March... Read more
15th March 2024
Daily Brief - Thursday 14th March, 2024
Police on Wednesday set up roadblocks and raided the Valsayn house, where skeletal remains were found buried in a shallow grave, as they intensified their search for the suspect in that case. A senior officer told Newsday the police service intends to release a photo of the suspect on Thursday... Read more
14th March 2024
Daily Brief- Wednesday 13th March, 2024
The police are trying to ascertain the identity of the remains found buried in the backyard of a house in Valsayn on Tuesday. But it is believed the bones were that of 18-year-old Hannah Mathura, who was never reported missing. Read more
13th March 2024
Daily Brief - Tuesday 12th March, 2024
Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon is leading a private sector delegation on a six-day trade mission to Ghana. The mission, organised by the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) and ExporTT, will take place from March 12-17, a ministry release on March 11 said. Read more
12th March 2024
Daily Brief - Friday 8th March, 2024
Stakeholders in the fight against human trafficking in Trinidad and Tobago held a workshop at the Cascadia Hotel and Conference Centre, Port of Spain, on March 1 to discuss how to streamline the victim assistance process and bolster victim support mechanisms. The Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU) of the Ministry of... Read more
8th March 2024
Daily Brief - Wednesday 6th March, 2024
After both his sons were shot dead ten years apart, Mohan Ramlakhan is pleading with young people to "leave the guns alone." On March 2, Ramlakhan’s younger son Rajesh died in hospital after being shot at his home on Achong Trace, Tunapuna. Read more
6th March 2024
Daily Brief - Monday 4th March, 2024
Twenty-three days after the February 7 oil spill, over 100 vouchers have been distributed to the fisherfolk and other stakeholders by the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). The exercise took place at the Shaw Park food hub on Friday. Read more
4th March 2024
Daily Brief - Friday 1st March, 2024
There was an outpouring of grief from Laventille residents on Thursday as Ezekiel Paria, a 12-year-old student who was killed by a stray bullet a week ago, was laid to rest. Mourners packed the Light on the Hill Ministries- a two-bedroom house which had been converted into a church –... Read more
1st March 2024
Daily Brief - Thursday 29th February, 2024
A new entertainment complex that can hold 500 people was opened in Mc Bean, Couva, on February 24. A statement on February 28 said it took 15 years to create the event space, which is outfitted with modern amenities, has a contemporary design and is fully furnished. Read more
29th February 2024
Daily Brief - Wednesday 28th February, 2024
Route 2 Maxi Taxi Association PRO Jason McMillan said while many people have fixated on the operators’ call for their bus route passes, they are also asking for the Ministry to look at two other issues which are vexing the membership at this time. Read more
28th February 2024
Daily Brief - Tuesday 27th February, 2024
Calling gang warfare and gun violence "sickening" and "psychotic," Laventille residents protested the recent killing of 12-year-old Ezekiel Paria and called on gang members to end the bloodshed. Paria, a standard five student at Eastern Boys' Government Primary School, was struck by a stray bullet along Laventille Road, East Dry... Read more
27th February 2024